Combined spout and closure for containers



Dec. 18, 1934.

w. F. PU NTE 1,984,597

COMBINED SPOUT AND CLOSURE FOR CONTAINERS Filed March 2, 1935 Patented Dec. 18, 1934 PATENT OFFICE COMBINED sroo'r AND CLOSURE Eon CONTAINERS William F. Punte, Syracuse, NI Y., assignor to Continental Can Company, Inc., New York,

N. Y., a corporation of New York "Application lvlarch 2, 1933, Serial No. 659,418

. 2 Claims.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in a combined pouring spout and closure for containers. I I

An object of the invention is to provide a com bined closure and pouringspout wherein the closure makes sliding Contact with the end of the container and is retained thereon by means located wholly on the outside of the end of the container, which closure is provided with a pouring spout disposed wholly within the marginal edge of the container end when the container is closed and which projects over the double seam or marginal edge of the container end when said container is opened for pouring.

In the drawing 7 Figure 1 is a plan view of the container having the improvements applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on theline 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig.1;

Fig. 4 is an end view of the combined closure and pouring spout,-and

Fig. 5 is an end view oi the retaining frame for the closure. 7 v I The invention is directed to a combined pouring spout and closure; for a container. Said closure is in the form of a sliding member having an opening therethrough, and at one end of the sliding member is an upwardly inclined pouring spout. The container is preferably provided with an embossed portion having a scored section conforming in outline to a portion, at least, of the opening formed in the sliding member of the closure. A frame is provided which consists of a base member having a vertically projecting member attached thereto. This base member completely surrounds the sliding member and afiords ample room for the movement of the sliding member therein from open to closed position. At the upper edge of this vertical member are inwardly extending flanges which overlie the side portions of the sliding member and serve to retain the same on the container end when the frame is attached to the outer face of said end.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the invention is shown as applied to a container having the end 1 thereof applied to the body portion 2 by a double seam 3. The container, as shown, is of the rectangular type with rounded corners, but may be of any desired cross-sectional shape. The end portion 1 is provided with an embossed section 4 which is scored as indicated by the broken lines 5 in Fig. 1, 50 that a section of the end may be ruptured and released from the end by applying pressure to the outer face of said section. The combined closure and pouring spout includes a sliding member 6 which has upturned side portions 7, 7, the upper edges of which are rolled outwardly and downwardly to form hollow beads 8, 8. The rear end of the slide is also upturned as indicated at 9, and is rolled into a hollow bead 10. The front end of the slide is inclined upwardly and provided with raised edge portions, thus forming a spout 11. This slide makes contact with the outer face of the container end, and is heldthereon by a retaining framewhich consists of a base member 12 extending along the sides of the closure, across the rear end of the closure and around the front end of the closure. This base portion 12 carries an upstanding vertical member 13 which alsoextends all. the way around the base member. The upstanding members 13, 13 in the region of the side portions of the closure are curved inwardly as indicated at 14 so as to overlie the beads 8, 8 on the closure. These flanges are limited to the region in which the closure slides on the container. The front portion of the base mem-- ber isgcurved so as to conform in general to the double seam at the rounded corner. Itis also cut away at 15. The upstanding vertical flange 16 directly at the rear end of the slide is also cut away so that when the slide is fully retracted, the hollow bead will project over the edge of the member 16 and can be engaged by the operator for moving the slide. The length of the frame is such that the slide when brought against the upstanding member 16 as a stop, has the opening 17 therethrough moved out of alinement with the scored part 5 in the container end. At this time, the spout is drawn inward completely within the double seam or marginal edge of the container end. When the slide is moved to the right, as viewed in Fig. 2, the spout comes in contact with the portion 15, which serves as a stop, and at this time the end of the spout is directly over the double seam or marginal edge, or it may be slightly outside of said double seam or marginal edge, so that in pouring, the contents of the container passing from the spout, will fall completely outside of the double seam and not into the depression in the end of the container. The container has the usual depression, and the frame and spout only extend a short distance above the plane of the double seam.

When it is desired to open the container, the

slide is moved all the way to the right so as to bring the opening 17 into register with the scored part 5. The scored part 5 may then be pressedupon by a suitable tool until the metal is ruptured all the way along the scored line, and the portion thus broken out either folded down or completely detached to provide an opening through the end of the container,.which opening is indicated at 5* in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Inasmuch as this opening 5 is is register with the opening 17 in the closure, the contents of the container may be poured through the opening from the spout of the closure memer. The closure member is held so that, it has a very firm sliding contact with the outer face of the container end by the flanges 14, '14 so that the liquid content of the container will pass out through the opening 1'7 and in beneath the closure slide into the recess at the end of the container. When it is desired to close the container after dispensing a portion only of the contents thereof, the slide is moved to the full line position shown in Fig. 2, and this will bring the opening 17 completely out of alinement with the opening 5, closing said opening 5 It is noted that the frame is attached to the outer face of the container end, and this may be accomplished by soldering or otherwise, but by means which does not pass through the container end. This enables the container to be hermetically sealed for storing and shipping the contents thereof, and the seal of the container is only broken when the scored part is ruptured. The closure makes a very tight cover for this opening. It will be noted that the closure and the retainer are of such construction that they may be die-stamped from sheet metal blanks, and when they are assembled and placed on the container end, a slight solder bond is all that is necessary in order to secure the parts in place and complete the container.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction may .be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described'the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is-

1 A container having an end portion secured to the body thereof by double seaming, a closure for an opening in the end of the container, including a slide contacting with the outer face of the container end having an opening adapted to be moved into and out of register with the opening in the end, said slide having upstanding members at the sides and ends thereof, said upstanding member at the end adjacent the side of the container being shaped to form a spout, said upstanding members being continuous and serving to retain and direct the contents discharged from the opening through the spout, a retaining frame independent of the container end and rigidly attached to the outer face of said end and surrounding said slide and having upstanding members between which the slide moves, said upstanding members of the retaining frame having inturned flanges overlying the upstanding members on the slide and contacting therewith for holding said slide firmly in engagement with the end of the container.

2. A container having an end portion secured to the body thereof by double seaming, a closure for an opening in the end of the container, including a slide contacting with the outer face of the container end having an opening adapted to be moved into and out of register with the opening in the end, said slide having upstanding members at the sides and ends thereof, said upstanding member at the end adjacent the side of the container being shaped to form a spout, said upstanding members being continuous and serving to retain and direct the contents discharged from the opening through the spout, said upstanding side members of the slide being rolled outwardly to form hollow strengthening beads, a retaining frame independent of the container end and rigidly attached to the outer face of said end and surrounding said slide, said retaining frame having upstanding side members with inturned flanges overlying and contacting with said hollow beads for holding said slide firmly in engagementwith the end of the container.

WILLIAM F. PUNTE. 

